karîn — meaning in English

English meaning

• ability noun The capacity or power to do something.
• can verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
• force noun Strength or power exerted to move, influence, or affect something.
• may verb Used to say that something is possible or might happen.
• might aux Used to show that something is possible, though not certain.
• OK adj All right; acceptable, permitted, or satisfactory.
• potency noun The strength or power of something, such as a drug or an argument.
• power noun The ability to do something, or to control and influence people or events.
• would verb Used to describe what someone was going to do, from the point of view of the past.

Senses

karîn is used for these senses in English:

• OK All right, acceptable, permitted.
• ability (uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
• may (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests. [from 9th c.]
• might (countable, uncountable) Power, strength, force, or influence held by a person or group.
• potency Power, authority.
• rulership A position in which one rules or has sovereignty over others.
• would Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …? [from 15th c.]

ability — full definition

1. noun The capacity or power to do something.
2. noun A particular skill or talent.

can — full definition

1. verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
2. verb Used to say something is allowed or permitted.
3. noun A sealed metal container, especially for food or drink.
4. verb To preserve food by sealing it in an airtight can or jar.
5. verb Informally, to dismiss someone from a job, or to scrap a plan.

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